Ash and Pikachu (Playable)

Ash is the main protagonist and lead character of the Pokémon Anime which is based around the Pokémon media franchise. Ash himself is based around the freely nameable protagonist of the very first Pokémon versions Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue, often nicknamed Red. Ash is a 10 years-old trainer who follows his dream to become Pokémon Master through the world challening gyms and champion leagues of every already known regions. This young boy hails from Pallet Town, Kanto and was given his very first Pokémon, his Pikachu by the famous Pokémon professor Prof. Oak. Ever since, those two were inseperable and Pikachu became Ash's only Pokémon he always had at hand at all times. He, however, sees his Pokémon not as mere tools to help him fight, but also as friends and family and is very protective of any Pokémon whether wild or his, coming at odds with Team Rocket, a small trio whose ultimate goal is it to capture Ash's Pikachu and give it to their boss Giovanni.

Ash and Pikachu were revealed playable as part of the grand announcement of Disney XD Superstar Brawl on January 31th, 2014. They are the first character to join the roster representing their franchise followed by Iris and Axew on February 14th, 2014.

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Unlike Phineas and Ferb, Ash and Pikachu are another type of duo brawlers: The player solely controls Ash while Pikachu may act automatically determined by the command it got from Ash (the player) making Ash a surprisingly tricky character since most of his moves have two divided hitboxes with both being able to do damage at the time, but this case is rare. Whatever the player does to Pikachu, it will not affect the character's damage percentage as only Ash's damage is counted. Even if Pikachu gets blown away in a for normal characters impossible to recover from situations, Pikachu will always get back onto the stage, no matter what (mostly using Thunderbolt and Quick Attack to rush back onto the stage).

Ash's weight can be seen somewhere between Diddy Kong's and Pit's and therefore, are rather allround characters. Ash himself does always do less damage then Pikachu so do their knockbacks. Ash, thanks to Pikachu, has awesome vertical recovery, but almost no horizontal leaving him a character who is infamous for his almost non-existing edge-guarding abilities. Plus, most of Ash's move (again thanks to Pikachu) have a rather long lags leaving him open for attacks for some deadly moments. This also unables him to put up long combos. However, on Ash's side are his damage-doing abilities and his strength within a yet agile character, something rather unique to the entire roster. However, still one of the worst characters to pick. Ash and Pikachu remain a character only a true expert should ever lay their fingers on.

Dash Attack: Ash dashes, spins around himself once and then sends Pikachu out to use Thunder Shock before him, small to medium knockback, 6% (Ash), 9% (Pikachu)

Up Smash: Ash knees down holding Pikachu in his arms and then jumps up trowing Pikachu upwards which performs a Thunder Shock while spinning around itself, 4% (Ash), 8% (Pikachu). If an opponent's right next Ash when he jumps up, said foe is blown upwards along with Pikachu resulting in 12% damage

Forward Smash:

Down Smash:

Neutral Aerial: Punches once and performs an accidental salto, 4% (4% more damage if his by the salto again)

Forward Aerial: Karate kicks to the side, small knockback, 6%

Back Aerial: Falls to the side and whirls around himself with Pikachu whirling around him using Iron Tail as well, 7% (Ash), 9% (Pikachu)

Up Aerial: Ash falls with the back facing to the ground, looks up and Pikachu climbs on top of Ash's risen arm and performs Thunder Shock (looks similar in style to Zelda's Up Aerial), 10%

Down Aerial: Pikachu climbs down on Ash and eventually falls below him. Then, the two start to spin around themselves with Pikachu using Thunder Shock to both attack and protect Ash, can paralyse hit opponents for a short time, 9%

Grab Aerial: Sends out Pikachu to shortly paralyse the opponent and "fetch" him or her back to Ash

Pummel: Pikachu headbutts the opponent that is held by Ash with both hands, 3% per second

Forward Throw: Ash swings around himself holding his foe, Pikachu gets behind Ash and then uses Double-Edge to "throw" the opponent forwards, 12%

Back Throw: Ash throws his opponent upwards and Pikachu spins around in the air below the opponent using Iron Tail to shoot its foe backwards, 15%

Up Throw: Ash throws his opponent upwards and Pikachu uses Double-Edge upwards to shoot him or her upwards, 13%

Down Throw: Pikachu jumps into the air at the same time Ash throws the opponent diagonally upwards. Pikachu jumps high above the opponent to use its Iron Tail similar to Link's Down Aerial to shoot the opponent downwards, excellent Meteor Smash, 15%

Edge (100%+): Pikachu climbs over Ash back onto the stage and uses Thunderbolt while Ash's getting back onto the stage protected, 7%, small knockback

Neutral Special: Electro Ball - Pikachu jumps off Ash's shoulder and charges its Electro Ball eventually letting go of it and then retreats back to Ash, 8% - 40%, the longer charged, the bigger the knockback is

Side Special: Iron Tail - Pikachu jumps off Ash's shoulder and while doing so does two saltos using Iron Tail both attacking opponents and protecting Ash from attacks, 11%, low knockback, high knockback when the tip of its tail is touched

Up Special: Thunderbolt - Pikachu jumps up and casts Thunderbolt, this move can hit Ash as well if Ash didn't move since the player commanded Thunderbolt, whoever is hit gets damaged (14%), medium knockback

Down Special: Double-Edge - Pikachu jumps off Ash's shoulder crashing to the ground before him potentially crushing an opponent, can ground an opponent meaning that he's unable to defend, attack or move for some moments, 20%

Superstar Smash: Volt Tackle - Ash automatically runs to the nearest edge of the main platform, commands Pikachu to use Volt Tackle which dashes once over the stage as fast as lightning (almost undodgeable) creating massive knockback and likely KOes

Ash mentions the Game Central Station, a place where every existing videogame character meet. It's a place beyond games and was created in Disney's Wreck-it Ralph. This is a reference to the origins of both, Pokémon and Pac-Man as videogames.

The function of their Up Special Thunderbolt being able to hit Ash as well is a reference to a running gag in the anime that involves Pikachu shocking Ash and/or (one of) his friends unwillingly.

In the games, Double-Edge does damage to the user as well. This, however, doesn't count for Pikachu since it isn't part of Ash's damage percentage. The only way Double-Edge can do damage to its user in the game is by moving right to the spot where Pikachu will land.